There’s an update on a case first noted on this blog in 2013. The Chicago Tribune reports: Former Elgin deputy police chief Robert Beeter pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of hacking into the email account of a fellow officer whose wife was romantically involved with Beeter. In a plea bargain with Kane County prosecutors,…
Category: ID Theft
PA: ‘Numerous’ Cases Of Identity Theft And Fraud Hits Phoenixville
Justin Heinze reports: There have been “numerous” cases of identity theft and credit card fraud in Phoenixville recently, and most of the victims have been patrons of Nudy’s Cafe, according to the Phoenixville Police Department. If you have visited any of the Nudy’s Cafe locations since March and paid with a credit card, police are…
LA: Customers at Houma buffet victims of $20,000 in credit card fraud
Maki Somosot reports: Multiple customers have lost up to $20,000 after using their credit and debit cards at Houma’s Dynasty Buffet between June 26 and July 3, the Terrebonne sheriff’s office said. Detectives are still counting up the total combined loss. Read more on WWL. So your business accepts credit cards, but you don’t run…
Hacker Gets 13 Years in Prison for Massive International ID Theft
There’s an important update in the case that involved Court Ventures/U.S. Info/Experian, and Dun & Bradstreet, although the government doesn’t name the businesses in its press release. James Eng reports: A Vietnamese national was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking into U.S. businesses’ computers, stealing personally identifiably information (PII), and selling to other cybercriminals his fraudulently-obtained…
Update: Former Dothan police officer faces more ID theft charges
Matt Elofson reports: A former Dothan police officer faces more identity theft charges after his recent arrest by Dothan police investigators. Dothan Police Investigator Erik Broten confirmed police officers arrested Charles Thomas Simmer, 28, of Coffee Springs, over the weekend and charged him with two felony counts of identity theft. Dothan police investigators arrested Simmer…
Sony Hacking Lawsuit Claims ID Theft Already Happening To Ex-Employees
Dominic Patten reports: Thousands of dollars in unauthorized credit card charges, attempts to open accounts under their names, and personal data showing up all over the Internet are just a few of the claims that Michael Corona, Christina Mathis and others are making in court documents filed last week. The former Sony Pictures staff members are saying…